Hi Pee,

I didn't even try to breast feed this time, with jessica, she had her first bottle on day 1. I tried for about a week with Jordan, 3 days with Joshua and not at all with Jemma. It's just not for me. Interesting you say about the part bottle part breast. My cousin has a 13 week old and she does a bit of both and her baby is badly constipated i.e. 4 days between poohs, so I don't know how good it is for the bowels.

Don't feel guilty about bottle feeding. What happened with the breast feeding? I really feel that for some people (me included) it just isn't right. I ended up with mastitis and bleeding cut nipples fter my first experience and I think that scarred me in the way that the pain and discomfort was etched in my mind for ever and I could never relax therefore feeding would be impossible/uncomfortable. My babies have all been happy and bottle fed. Whatever you can do, you should do, and be glad to have a healthy baby.

I can't wait for the actual "routine" to start, I have black bags under my eyes and feel soo tired when I do the night feeds. Arron was great last night, really pitching in to help settle Jessica when she was screaming and screaming. Makes me love him even more because he is being considerate and helpful, and trying to help me.

Cheers Michelle